By RICK BRUNDRETT Beverly Buscemi didn’t publicly – and apparently neither privately to key people…
Year: 2018
By RICK BRUNDRETT If you drive through the busy intersection of Pine Street and Country…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The legislatively controlled committee that nominates candidates for full-time, six-figure seats on…
By RICK BRUNDRETT On the last day of regular session Thursday, S.C. lawmakers in an…
By RICK BRUNDRETT On Thursday – the last day of the General Assembly’s regular session…
By RICK BRUNDRETT For years, S.C. officials have repeatedly tried – and failed – to…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Three out-of-state consulting businesses hired by the S.C. Legislature to provide “advice”…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The decades-old Darlington Raceway is getting a pricey facelift – and also…
By RICK BRUNDRETT During the years-long V.C. Summer nuclear project, a little-known committee including the…
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. Republican Sen. Paul Campbell received about $258,000 last year as…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A total of nearly $4 million in legal fees from workers’ compensation…
By RICK BRUNDRETT South Carolina’s tourism department for months kept secret from the public…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Legislature spent more than $70,000 for an outside consulting firm…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Since July 2013, the S.C. Department of Transportation has paid a total…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As the S.C. House debate last week on the $28 billion-plus state…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Nearly nine months after the state law took effect hiking the gasoline…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In December 2016, the S.C. Department of Commerce quietly announced it was…
By RICK BRUNDRETT At least three S.C. House members – and some of their favorite…
By RICK BRUNDRETT In the S.C. General Assembly, lawmakers can’t seem to resist pushing legislation…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Another year, another taxpayer-funded plan to study pay hikes for top South…
By RICK BRUNDRETT As state-owned utility Santee Cooper was racking up billions in debt –…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Update: According to a written plea agreement dated 1/22/19, John Hardee agreed…
By RICK BRUNDRETT S.C. Supreme Court Chief Justice Donald Beatty is a former state House…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A state transportation commissioner with ties to an advertising company that has…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Time is fast running out for Gov. Henry McMaster to decide whether…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Update: After this story was published this morning, a Senate Judiciary subcommittee…
By RICK BRUNDRETT A state panel Thursday approved an unspecified amount of taxpayer-backed incentives for…
By RICK BRUNDRETT South Carolina’s higher-level judges would receive pay hikes ranging from 20 to…
By RICK BRUNDRETT One of South Carolina’s most powerful lawmakers would gain even more control…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Over the years, the state’s utility watchdog acted more like a lapdog…
By RICK BRUNDRETT The S.C. Public Service Commission members who approved nine rate hikes…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Nearly a decade ago, an influential state legislative committee quietly released a report…
By RICK BRUNDRETT Last summer’s stunning news that South Carolina Electric & Gas and its…